Tasmanians

Tasmanians

the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania, who were exterminated by English colonialists between 1803 and 1876.

According to estimates, the Tasmanians numbered several thousand by the early 19th century. With regard to economy, technology, and culture, they were one of the world’s most backward ethnic groups in the 19th century. Their tribal languages and dialects (see) and their social system have virtually not been studied; the question of their origin has also not been resolved. Information about the existence of religious beliefs among the Tasmanians is contradictory and is evaluated in various ways by scholars.

REFERENCES

Narody Avstralii i Okeanii. Moscow, 1956.Robinson, R. The Man Who Sold His Dreaming. Sydney, 1965.

A determined group of academics, scientists, conservationists and wildlife lovers in Australia's southern island state are battling against time and the cruel brunt of nature in an bid to save the Tasmanian devil from a mysterious cancer.

His comparisons of the proportions of these traits indicate that Tasmanians display the most similarity to aborigines from southern Australia and appear far more similar to Australians in general than expected in so isolated a population, he says.

Cove uses this particular struggle between Western science and indigenous Tasmanians to raise wider issues about the politics of contemporary anthropological and archaeological research in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Unlike the previous Labor-Green Government who did not recognise the importance of providing ongoing financial support for vulnerable older Tasmanians, we have also prioritised investment to support Tasmanian seniors with $346,000 towards COTA, Seniors Week, and to help kick-start Tasmanias Active Ageing Plan.

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